Chapter 90
Chapter 90
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 90
Chapter Title: Private Tutor
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I have no idea why, but it was clear that the NTR scumbags approaching most of the heroines were moving way faster than in the in-game storyline.
The thugs who had been far more aggressively hitting on Ren than in the original story.
Kenji, who had originally been set to sell Harumi off as a sex slave at the end of August but tried to do it as early as mid-April.
And this season was no different.
Shizune was originally a heroine who wouldn't even meet the protagonist until November, and the NTR plot kicked off right at the start of winter break.
She got dragged to a Fukuoka hot spring by the NTR guy and gangbanged in one of the shittiest storylines ever...
Anyway, the point was, her NTR plot was accelerating too. There's no way I could just sit this one out, right?
The NTR bastard I needed to crush this time was...
"What a brilliant man. He's my age, but calling him my master and friend is no exaggeration. Just like with you! Haha!"
The guy she called her master and close friend. The world's biggest piece of trash.
The reason a woman as refined as her was even taking private lessons was obvious.
"Your grades must not be coming out well. Especially in math, right?"
"Eh? H-How did you know?"
Of course. Someone obsessed with classical literature, even fan-girling over medieval Confucian philosophy from the neighboring country, was bound to have a major weak spot somewhere. The human brain has limits, after all. Even I, with the protagonist's brain, couldn't juggle center exam prep, physical training, law, and economics all at once.
I only crammed the civil code like a madman after shit hit the fan.
"I understand. Calculus is tough."
"Ooh! Are you in the same boat as me!?"
As if.
University general education-level math? I could solve that mentally while lying down.
But this was the perfect opportunity.
I had to wedge myself between her and that tutor somehow.
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Huh? Yuu, you were good at math—"
Thwack!
"Mmph! Mmmph!?"
"Saki, stay quiet for a bit, and I'll give you a one-on-one date voucher as a gift."
I whispered in her ear so the other girlfriends couldn't hear, and Saki's eyes went wide.
Nod nod nod!
I released my hand.
"Ah, ahahaha~! Right, right. Yuu was totally hopeless at math!!"
"Huh...? Sanghyeon, you're bad at math?"
Harumi, who had zero overlap with me at school, had no idea I was good at math. But Ren, like Saki, had taken university calculus gen ed with me, so she obviously knew.
Still, she just looked puzzled without saying anything.
What a wise woman.
-There's something going on, right...?
Ren's eyes were speaking to me.
Her eyes really are special.
I gave a subtle nod, and she nodded back in understanding.
The girlfriends were sealed now.
"Hmm...? Some kind of play?"
"Just a lovers' show of affection."
Shizune's face flushed slightly for a moment.
"Ahem. I see. I'm clueless about that stuff.... Anyway, I should head out now. No more time to dawdle."
Shizune spread her arms slightly, as if sweeping us out with the wind, pushing us toward the clubroom door.
And just like that, we were left alone in the hallway.
"Sanghyeon-kun, why did you lie to Minister Fudahara like that?"
"Lie...? Sanghyeon was actually good at math...? Huh?"
Another awkward question.
I couldn't exactly say I'd died from a brain hemorrhage in another world and possessed this body. But flat-out lying to my girlfriends felt off too.
"Ren, you remember the situation when I saved you, right?"
Twitch.
Ren shrugged, the memory flashing back. Back then, I might've just watched, but not now. I pulled her into a warm embrace.
"Haaa.... Hehe... I feel safe now..♡"
Her eyes curved like a crescent moon. Beautiful. Not just her looks, but knowing she showed this loving smile only to me made my heart race.
"Ah! Me too!"
"M-Me too!!"
Saki and Harumi latched on from the side.
"Haha... Anyway, you remember, right? How perfectly timed my rescue was back then."
"Yes.... And not just that day... You've always been there for me whenever and wherever I needed you, Sanghyeon-kun.... Haa...."
Recalling our times together, she buried her face deeper into my chest.
"I love you."
"Me too."
Harumi stomped around, mad that they were doing this in front of her, but Saki just clutched her chest.
"Ugh, guh.... J-Jealousy... But it's so sweet...! So sweet I'm gonna leak!!"
Do girls incontinence from sweetness?
What a weird species.
I gently stroked the still-fuming Harumi's head to calm her, then locked eyes with her.
"Lady, you remember too, right? All the times I saved you."
"Eek! Y-Yeah, uh-huh! Hehe♥ As expected of my hubby material, Sanghyeon is the best!"
Now even Saki looked at me all sulky, like she had nothing.
Honestly, with Saki, there wasn't much compared to Ren or Harumi... If I had to squeeze something out...
"Th-That time we bumped into each other by the love hotel wall."
"Gahk..?! You're bringing that up?!"
Saki recoiled in horror.
"Ha, haha...."
It was kinda embarrassing. I'd shared such precious memories with the others, but with Saki, it was running into her outside the love hotel where I'd gone to bang Ren.
"We'll make way more memories from now on. You get what I mean, Saki?"
She'd been raising her eyebrows, pretending to pout, but caught the hint in my tone and remembered her secret one-on-one date voucher.
"Y-Yeah!! H-Hahaha! Of course! From now on, we'll make 'just the two of us' tons of super sweet memories, fun ones too, and b-babies, we'll do it all! H-Hahaha!"
Taking care of three isn't easy.
Anyway, they should all get it by now.
"Ahem, so what Sanghyeon-kun is trying to say is... You sense something off about Minister Fudahara too."
"Yeah. Spot on."
Ren, Saki, and Harumi—who all knew their own backstories—grew serious.
-Someone facing troubles as bad as Harumi-chan...?
-I overheard in the hotel room that she almost got done dirty by yakuza... No way another girl is in that deep...
-Ren and Harumi both got dragged into massive incidents. You're saying the minister is next?
It showed on all their faces.
I couldn't explain logically, but since they'd lived through it themselves, they vaguely accepted I had some crisis-sensing ability or whatever.
Made me proud that my girlfriends trusted me.
Anyway, the key was the plan.
That gangbang-fetish trash teaching Fudahara Shizune right now. How to crush him comes after getting close. I had to insert myself between him and his one-on-one student somehow.
The most plausible was convincing her to turn private lessons into group ones.
I'd already lied about sucking at math, so begging a skilled teacher to let me join wouldn't be hard. The issue was whether that tutor would accept. Even if I offered billions, he was after her body from the start—he'd never switch from one-on-one.
So what now?
"Ah!"
What if I competed as a teacher instead of a student? Start by saying I heard through the grapevine I wanted to learn. Shizune was hugely interested in my Korean background, my folksy grasp of Confucianism, and my unique calligraphy stroke...
If I earnestly asked to learn what she'd picked up from her math tutor by having her pass it down to me, she'd surely agree.
Perfect.
Only after mulling that over did I check my girlfriends' expressions again.
Stare—
"Yuu.... You aren't thinking..."
"Sanghyeon-kun. Not four... right? I can accept up to Harumi-chan. But how many more..."
"Huh? What're you talking about?"
Only Harumi was clueless.
I quickly defended myself.
"No no, it's not like I'm dating the minister—"
"Ha? Shizune? Already scouting her?"
"...Sanghyeon-kun. Are you serious?"
Even Ren, the main wife showing tolerance, drew the line here.
Honestly, even I looked insane.
May hadn't even started yet.
A month and change since school began in March, and having four girlfriends? That was for animals that mated all day...
"Ahem. Look, it's not about dating the minister. I just sense something fishy. Yeah? It's like seeing someone dangling off a cliff—how can I not reach out?"
Pouring all my charm into puppy eyes worked; Ren looked skeptical but nodded.
But Saki was different.
"So? Are you or aren't you?"
I hesitated, and Saki grabbed my collar, shaking me wildly. Her slender arms couldn't budge me, but I played along. No reaction would've pissed her off more.
"W-Well... You never know with people, so maybe..."
Tremble tremble
"This jerk! Seriously!! Think your girlfriend's a joke!? Die! Die!!"
Saki couldn't hold back and started smacking my back. Palms, not fists, so it stung.
Haa...
If the incidents had some time gaps, it'd be less trouble.
Felt like someone was deliberately shoving heroines into hell to screw me over.